Project Engineer

About the role

The Project Engineer provides process and mechanical engineering support, calculations, and equipment sizing for a wide variety of air pollution control projects, including baghouse fabric filters, circulating dry scrubbers, sorbent injection equipment, material handling systems, regenerative thermal oxidizers, and wet electrostatic precipitators.

Responsibilities

• Perform mass and energy balances, heat transfer calculations, and pressure drop calculations.
• Review technical documents and specifications.
• Develop cost estimates of equipment and services.
• Work closely with application engineers in the sales department to ensure alignment between proposal stage and post-contract stage regarding project scope, budget, and guarantees, providing cost-benefit analysis on new projects.
• Utilize AutoCAD to create piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), process flow diagrams (PFDs), logic diagrams, and instrument location drawings.
• Write technical specifications for process instrumentation and equipment such as pressure/temperature transmitters, pitot tubes, level switches, fans, pumps, and burners.
• Approve quotes and generate purchase requisitions based on evaluation of performance curves, operating parameters, and customer specifications.
• Correspond with vendors, clients, engineering firms, and partner companies.
• Create functional descriptions, training presentations, start-up checklists, instrument lists, and operation manuals.
• Coordinate project execution efforts between departments: mechanical, electrical, structural, purchasing, and project managers.
• Travel occasionally to attend meetings, participate in sales efforts, perform studies/audits, start-up, commissioning, and troubleshooting support.

Requirements

• BS in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience working as a mechanical or chemical engineer.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Focused and efficient with time management and meeting deadlines.
• Self-motivated with a desire to learn and grow in a professional environment.

Skills

• Design and field experience with heavy industrial equipment is a plus.